P0106 Code need tuning help
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P0106 Code need tuning help
I've got a 2017 Z06 with a halltech and x-pipe. I'm at 5k altitude so I put a 15% pulley on it. It makes right around stock boost now. My problem is that it pops this code now. Apparently the 17's are sensitive to this. I have a tune already and have logged it- it looks fine after adding the pulley- almost no knock at all- .5 after a shift on occasion. I just need this PID shut off. Anyone have Diablo software that can do it for me? I have an Intune and can send you the tune for modification.
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I've got a 2017 Z06 with a halltech and x-pipe. I'm at 5k altitude so I put a 15% pulley on it. It makes right around stock boost now. My problem is that it pops this code now. Apparently the 17's are sensitive to this. I have a tune already and have logged it- it looks fine after adding the pulley- almost no knock at all- .5 after a shift on occasion. I just need this PID shut off. Anyone have Diablo software that can do it for me? I have an Intune and can send you the tune for modification.
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There are plenty of tuners in here who should be able to help you, as you have an aftermarket tune, and whoever your tuner was, did not turn off the p0106 threshold for you.
Just out of curiosity, did you tune the car yourself? Why is your current tuner unable to shut this code off for you? If they are unable, that would be a HUGE red flag to me if it were my car, and I would likely take the car to another tuner and have them go over everything else, to make sure the tune is straight.
Just out of curiosity, did you tune the car yourself? Why is your current tuner unable to shut this code off for you? If they are unable, that would be a HUGE red flag to me if it were my car, and I would likely take the car to another tuner and have them go over everything else, to make sure the tune is straight.
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It's running a canned tune that happens to work well for it according to the data logs I've pulled. I may eventually have it tuned remotely but I need to be able to complete some more runs with the wideband logging. It's a 17 so it pops the light pretty quickly even though it's running just over stock boost (5k altitude plus pulley and intake put me at just over 1psi above stock). It's very moderate as far as mods go but apparently the 17's are very sensitive when it comes to this code. I was just hoping someone with the software might shut it off for me- there are no tuners locally- the closest is a couple states away- and I don't want to get into remote tuning until I can log some more data to see whether it's needed which I can't do when it pops the code...lol. Any help is appreciated 
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i am very familiar with the p0106 code, as others on this forum are welcome to verify.
If i were in your shoes, i would contact whoever the supplier is of this canned tune, and i would explain that p0106 is a very common code that they should have disabled. It is a max air pressure and air flow code... it prevents people from running more aggressive pullies on the stock tune. It prevents people from making more power, on the stock tune.
how any company is selling a tune... to upgrade the power of these cars, and has NOT disabled the p0106 threshold, is beyond me. They may as well be selling snake oil.
If i were in your shoes, i would contact whoever the supplier is of this canned tune, and i would explain that p0106 is a very common code that they should have disabled. It is a max air pressure and air flow code... it prevents people from running more aggressive pullies on the stock tune. It prevents people from making more power, on the stock tune.
how any company is selling a tune... to upgrade the power of these cars, and has NOT disabled the p0106 threshold, is beyond me. They may as well be selling snake oil.
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i am very familiar with the p0106 code, as others on this forum are welcome to verify.
If i were in your shoes, i would contact whoever the supplier is of this canned tune, and i would explain that p0106 is a very common code that they should have disabled. It is a max air pressure and air flow code... it prevents people from running more aggressive pullies on the stock tune. It prevents people from making more power, on the stock tune.
how any company is selling a tune... to upgrade the power of these cars, and has NOT disabled the p0106 threshold, is beyond me. They may as well be selling snake oil.
If i were in your shoes, i would contact whoever the supplier is of this canned tune, and i would explain that p0106 is a very common code that they should have disabled. It is a max air pressure and air flow code... it prevents people from running more aggressive pullies on the stock tune. It prevents people from making more power, on the stock tune.
how any company is selling a tune... to upgrade the power of these cars, and has NOT disabled the p0106 threshold, is beyond me. They may as well be selling snake oil.
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if the canned tune company offers you no help, then I would go to the dealer, have them give you the 2017 p0106 upgrade, and then re install the canned tune.
The problem is, this could very well red flag the fact that you no longer have the stock tune, as the tech may encounter a problem when doing this reflash, or notice your aftermarket tune.
For that reason, I would be very careful, and try to make friends with a corvette tech first. Get agressive, drive around the the back side of the dealership and roll down your window and ask who the top vette tech is and you just have a quick question.
Once you are into convo with him... if you FEEL he is cool, THEN i would move forward and do biz with him.
Again, my first plan of attack is your aftermarket can tune company... they should have changed the p0106 code in their tune
The problem is, this could very well red flag the fact that you no longer have the stock tune, as the tech may encounter a problem when doing this reflash, or notice your aftermarket tune.
For that reason, I would be very careful, and try to make friends with a corvette tech first. Get agressive, drive around the the back side of the dealership and roll down your window and ask who the top vette tech is and you just have a quick question.
Once you are into convo with him... if you FEEL he is cool, THEN i would move forward and do biz with him.
Again, my first plan of attack is your aftermarket can tune company... they should have changed the p0106 code in their tune
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8850 is correct.
The problem i see is... this tune that you paid for... i dont understand how it could begin to offer you more power IF it did not allow for more air flow.
It cant advance the timing because your upgrades have nothing to do with octane boost.
So, and i apologize if im being cynical here, but im just being very honest...
The stock GM tune can perform fine if the p0106 limit is not in the way, limiting how much air we are allowed to put into our engines...
so... there is little doubt in my mind that your canned tune is behaving fine because my gut is this company did such minor tweaks, just so they can sell a product and say it is new... that those tweaks are pointless.
What im getting at is... the p0106 code is the MAIN reason i would want to tune my car right now, and if a person does not disarm the p0106 code, then i would perceive that as effectively paying someone to ruin my warranty with ZERO benefit to me the consumer. I hope you get a refund on this product. I hope you write a thread warning others before they buy this product... IF that company is not able to disarm the p0106 code for you, for free.
The problem i see is... this tune that you paid for... i dont understand how it could begin to offer you more power IF it did not allow for more air flow.
It cant advance the timing because your upgrades have nothing to do with octane boost.
So, and i apologize if im being cynical here, but im just being very honest...
The stock GM tune can perform fine if the p0106 limit is not in the way, limiting how much air we are allowed to put into our engines...
so... there is little doubt in my mind that your canned tune is behaving fine because my gut is this company did such minor tweaks, just so they can sell a product and say it is new... that those tweaks are pointless.
What im getting at is... the p0106 code is the MAIN reason i would want to tune my car right now, and if a person does not disarm the p0106 code, then i would perceive that as effectively paying someone to ruin my warranty with ZERO benefit to me the consumer. I hope you get a refund on this product. I hope you write a thread warning others before they buy this product... IF that company is not able to disarm the p0106 code for you, for free.
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I've got a 2017 Z06 with a halltech and x-pipe. I'm at 5k altitude so I put a 15% pulley on it. It makes right around stock boost now. My problem is that it pops this code now. Apparently the 17's are sensitive to this. I have a tune already and have logged it- it looks fine after adding the pulley- almost no knock at all- .5 after a shift on occasion. I just need this PID shut off. Anyone have Diablo software that can do it for me? I have an Intune and can send you the tune for modification.
This should be light work for Lew if you can get hold of him.
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